Potato Fields and Arrow Heads

Six or more years ago Lorne Jamieson, former Farm Manager at Ignatius, and I meet with the former Farm Manager of the Correctional Centre. We were gathering information about the former farm fields in front of the Centre where inmates planted and harvested potatoes among other crops. The Corrections manager recounted that on occasion inmates would uncover arrow heads while working the potato fields. While this posed a 'security' concern, it also confirmed that the lands were a traditional hunting area. This is not surprising given the archaeological camp sites located in the immediate vicinity: one across the Eramosa River on the south bluff near the former Turf Grass Centre: the other, north of the Eramosa River around Hillcrest Park on Grove Street.

Dan Maitland